Kang Sok-ju

Kang Sok-ju ( ko, 강석주; ; August 29, 1939 – May 20, 2016
on KBS) was a

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...

n diplomat and politician. Having obtained a

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in French from the University of International Affairs in

Pyongyang Pyongyang (, , ) is the capital and largest city of North Korea, where it is known as the "Capital of the Revolution". Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River about upstream from its mouth on the Yellow Sea. According to the 2008 populatio ...

, Kang began a diplomatic career. His first significant position was as the

Korean Workers' Party The Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) is the founding and sole ruling party of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, commonly known as North Korea. Founded in 1949 from the merger of the Workers' Party of North Korea and the Workers' Party o ...

's deputy director for international affairs, and then director. In 1980, he was appointed section leader of his bureau. In 1984, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and in 1986 he became First Vice Foreign Minister, a position which he held until 2010. In the 1990s, he was prominently involved in diplomatic talks with the United States over the issue of his country's nuclear programme. He negotiated the

Agreed Framework The Agreed Framework between the United States of America and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (북미제네바기본합의서) was signed on 21 October 1994, between North Korea (DPRK) and the United States. The objective of the agreeme ...

with Assistant Secretary of State

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and former U.S. President

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in 1994. He was subsequently in charge of supervising North Korea's relations with the United States, which became his area of expertise.

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states that Kang "engineered the development of the North's nuclear programme that ..has been the key source of regional security tensions"."North Korea's top nuclear diplomat promoted to vice premier"

, September 22, 2010 KBS describes him as being "among a handful of well-known North Korean officials", who has "gained global attention", and adds: "Considered too aggressive at times, Kang sometimes caused problems with his pushy demeanor. In the early 1990s, he made several crucial decisions without consulting the party and was sent to a

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for training in revolutionary discipline". In September 2010, he was promoted to the position of Deputy Premier of the

North Korean Government In the North Korean government, the Cabinet is the administrative and executive body. The North Korean government consists of three branches: administrative, legislative, and judicial. However, they are not independent of each other, but all br ...

, under Premier

Choe Yong-rim Choe Yong-rim (, born 20 November 1930) is a North Korean politician who served as the Premier of North Korea from June 2010 to April 2013 and was a member of the 6th Presidium of the Workers' Party of Korea.

. His specific assignment was to oversee foreign policy."North Korea reshuffles diplomats"

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